Main Performers | Mark Philippoussis, Greg Rusedski, Mansour Bahrami, Peter Fleming, Peter McNamara, Mikael Pernfors, Jeremy Bates, Henri Leconte, Luke Jensen, Murphy Jensen - tennis players |
Set List | Mark Philippoussis (Australia) v Greg Rusedski (GB), Mansour Bahrami (Iran) and Peter Fleming (USA) v Peter McNamara (Australia) and Mikael Pernfors (Sweden), Jeremy Bates (GB) and Henri Leconte (France) v Luke Jensen (USA) and Murphy Jensen (USA) |
Performance Notes | This end-of-year tournament is the season finale to the Tour of Champions, a year-long Tour that makes its way across Europe and the world and pits past tennis champions against each other in order to earn ranking points.
The Masters Tennis is now firmly established as the UK's most popular indoor tournament - drawing crowds of more than 30,000 over the course of the event. Players that have taken part in the past have included John McEnroe, Cedric Pioline, Goran Ivanisevic, Pete Sampras and Pat Cash.
The event was broadcast on ITV4. |
Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/2009/165), Handbill (RAHE/6/2009/67), Poster (RAHE/2/2009/27) |